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Accounting Technician NF-03
U.S. Military Academy · West Point, New York · Closes in 105 days
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1 Check you can apply You are here
Who can apply: The public.
The job is open to the public. You must be a U.S. citizen or a non-U.S. national who has lived in the U.S. or a U.S. territory for at least 3 continuous years before starting federal work. The area of consideration is within 60 miles of West Point, NY, and includes military spouse and involuntarily separated military preference eligibles.
Experience: You need work experience doing accounting support duties like those listed in this job. The announcement does not state a number of years or a grade level for this experience.
Education: This job does not have an education requirement. A diploma or GED must still be uploaded with your application.
Experience can be paid or unpaid, volunteer work included: if it matches the duties, it counts. The full rules are in the announcement.
2 Resume and documents
Write a federal resume for this job. For each job you held, give the month and year you started and ended, your hours per week and what you did, using the words of the experience the announcement asks for. Many announcements accept resumes of up to 2 pages: check this one.
3 Apply on USAJOBS
Closes in 105 days (February 17, until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time).
Applications received by the Initial Cut-Off Date of November 12, 2026 may be referred to the selecting official before the closing date, and referrals continue every two weeks after that.
You sign in to USAJOBS with a Login.gov account, answer the questionnaire and upload your documents, then you submit. Answer the questionnaire honestly: your resume must show what you claim.
How they rate you: Your application is checked against the minimum qualifications and your questionnaire answers. If you are tentatively qualified, reviewers check that your questionnaire answers match your resume and documents, and overstated experience may affect your consideration. Incomplete applications, including missing questionnaire answers, may be rated ineligible.
4 After you apply
In USAJOBS, under Applications, you can see where your application stands: received, reviewed, referred to the hiring manager or not, then selected or not. It can take a few weeks.
For the interview, prepare three examples with the STAR method: the Situation, the Task, what you did (Action) and the Result.
If they choose you: a tentative offer, then a background check, then the final offer with your start date.
Tips for this job:
- Keep your resume to two pages or less and clearly show your accounting support experience.
- Upload your diploma or GED with your application, since it is required.
- Answer every questionnaire item, because missing answers may make you ineligible.
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